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Norwegian Salmon Foodways

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⚠ TWO DIFFERENT THINGS UNDER ONE WORD. WILD ATLANTIC SALMON running up the Tana, Alta, Namsen, Gaula and Numedalslågen is an old food and an old right, netted and rod-caught, now much reduced and tightly regulated, and central to river and Sámi communities. FARMED SALMON is an industry begun in the late 1960s in the fjords, now Norway’s largest food export by far, with documented controversies about sea lice, escapees and pressure on wild stocks. Gravlaks and røkelaks belong to the first tradition and are now mostly made from the second.

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Communities and languages

Languages: Norwegian (Bokmål)

What is recorded

  • Salmon farming begins in the Norwegian fjords and becomes the country’s largest food export. documented
  • Wild Atlantic salmon foodways and the modern farmed salmon industry begun in the late 1960s are distinct and are recorded separately. Documented concerns about sea lice, escapees and pressure on wild stocks are stated rather than omitted, and wild salmon fishing is tightly regulated. documented

Related foodways

Recorded as relating to this foodway

  • related to Scottish Salmon Foodways documented

    Two North Atlantic salmon-farming industries with comparable scale and comparable documented controversies.

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